2009 Bands

This festival presents a variety of performers and bands of traditional music.

JD Crowe and The New South

J.D. Crowe and the New South are among the most influential bluegrass bands of the past three decades. Besides Crowe on banjo, the band consists of guitarist Ricky Wasson and mandolin player Dwight McCall, who both contribute lead and harmony vocals, John Bowman on upright bass and vocals and Steve Thomas on fiddle and vocals.

Raymond Fairchild

The legendary banjoist has played at festivals for 50 years and thrilled audiences with songs including “Whoa Mule,” his signature song. He has performed on the Grand Ole Opry since 1977 and has appeared on numerous specials for the Nashville Network and other stations.

	The Snyder Family Fiddler Samantha, now 10, last year became the youngest ever to win the Fiddler of the Festival award at Fiddler’s Grove in Union Grove, N.C., and guitarist Zeb, 13, won top prize (a Henderson guitar) at the Jimmy Edmonds Homecoming Competition in Galax, Va. Dad Bud plays bass.
	Beverly Smith and Carl Jones For years Carl Jones and Beverly Smith have appeared on the traditional music scene, at festivals, on record, at contests and dances, in various bands and formations, playing just about anything with strings or tossing in vocal harmonies wherever there was the opportunity.
	Steve Lewis
	Jeff Little with Wayne Henderson Pianist Jeff Little's lead solos, much influenced by the flat-pick guitar tradition, are breathtaking in their speed, precision, and clarity. With a mouth-rack harmonica and vocals he can be a one-man show. His involvement with fiddle tunes, old time country, and rockabilly dates to his growing up in Boone, N.C., where his father owned a music shop.
	Wayne Henderson and Friends